Elegy written in a Country Churchyard
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His best friend died
Gray started to write Elegy.
about maditation on universal themes
man's destiny
equality
wordly abition
humility
The poem is written
quatrains of 10 syllable lines
The Elegy
remains one of the most important poem
in english literature
marks a new sensibility
introduces new figure of the poet
who is speaking voice in the poem
someone turning to country life
for inspiration
opens with
contemplation of a country churchyard at twilight
Finally, poet meditates
value of tomb as a link
expression of affection and friendship
between living and dead
In italy
traslated by Melchiorre Cesarotti
Ugo Foscolo
may have drawn inspiration from it
Dei Sepolcri